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Heart Muscle Biopsy

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 93505

A small sample of heart muscle is taken from inside the heart so it can be examined under a microscope. A thin catheter with tiny jaws on its tip is guided through a vein into a heart chamber and several pinhead-sized pieces of the inner wall are collected. It is used mainly to check for rejection after a heart transplant, or to find the cause of otherwise unexplained heart muscle disease.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heart Muscle Biopsy cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $871 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$603$363 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$603 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $363 to $5,129Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,288
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $871professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$603

WI $2,630TX $603

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.